Essays on the Color Line and the One-Drop Rule

[oldpretan]

I came across these after looking at Frederick's Familydna link
backintyme.com/essay041215.htm

[Anodyne]

I remember reading how in the early years of the settlement in Virginia it wasn't odd to see black men marry white servants. I suppose that explains, somewhat at least, the 5% of the black population whose mtdna isn't specific to Africa.